Egyptian lotus
Date
1803
Creator
Wilson Lowry (1762 - 1824, British) , Engraver
Object type
Library reference
9183
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 210mm
width (print): 128mm
width (print): 128mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Botanical study of the Egyptian, or Blue lotus, Nymphaea caerulea, the freshwater aquatic plant native to eastern Africa. With detail figures, including of the stamen, ovarium and seeds.
The accompanying article notes the association of the lotus with ancient Egypt and the Nile.
Plate 7, illustrating the paper: ‘Description of the Nymphaea caerulea. By Julius Caesar Savigny…’, The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.15, (1803) pp.327-331.
Inscribed above: ‘Philo. Mag. Pl.VII Vol.XV’.
Wilson Lowry (1762-1824), British engraver and geologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1812.
The accompanying article notes the association of the lotus with ancient Egypt and the Nile.
Plate 7, illustrating the paper: ‘Description of the Nymphaea caerulea. By Julius Caesar Savigny…’, The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.15, (1803) pp.327-331.
Inscribed above: ‘Philo. Mag. Pl.VII Vol.XV’.
Wilson Lowry (1762-1824), British engraver and geologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1812.
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